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im‧por‧tance S3 W1 /ɪmˈpɔːtəns $ -ɔːr-/ noun [SINGULAR, UNCOUNTABLE] [Word Family: noun: importance; adverb: importantly; adjective: important ≠ unimportant] the quality of being important the importance of something ▪ the importance of regular exercise ▪ I agree about the importance of these proposals (=the reasons why they are important). of importance ▪ They make decisions about various matters of importance (=important matters). ▪ He was full of his own importance (=he behaved in an annoying way which showed that he thought he was very important). • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪have importance ▪ This is an issue that has importance for all of us. ▪attach importance to something (=think it is important) ▪ She attached great importance to loyalty. ▪recognize/realize the importance of something ▪ We all recognize the importance of his work. ▪emphasize/stress the importance of something ▪ I'd like to emphasize the importance of reading exam questions carefully. ▪assume importance (=become important) ▪ The town assumed importance once it was connected to the rail system. ▪lose its importance ▪ The island lost its importance when trade routes changed. ▪exceed something in importance formal (=be more important than something else) ▪ For him, winning Wimbledon exceeded all other tournaments in importance. adjectives ▪great/considerable/enormous importance ▪ Crime rates have great importance for the government. ▪ Some people attach enormous importance to personal wealth. ▪vital/crucial/critical importance (=very great ) ▪ This research is of vital importance. ▪central/fundamental importance ▪ The central importance of interest rates is widely recognized. ▪particular importance ▪ Tourism has particular importance in some regions. ▪equal importance ▪ When applying for a job, qualifications and experience are often of equal importance. ▪relative importance ▪ We discussed the relative importance of these different sources of revenue. ▪growing/increasing importance ▪ the growing importance of the Internet as a source of information ▪economic/political importance ▪ The role of the police has great political importance. ▪local/national importance ▪ Crime is an issue of national importance. ▪practical importance (=related to things that happen, rather than just ideas) ▪ Science has long been of practical importance to civilization as a whole. phrases ▪a sense/feeling of importance (=a feeling that you are an important person) ▪ Sitting behind the big desk gave her a feeling of importance. ▪be of little/no importance ▪ Where the money came from is of no importance. ▪be of the utmost importance/be of paramount importance (=be extremely important) ▪ It is of the utmost importance that this matter is kept confidential. ▪be of primary importance formal (=be the most important thing) ▪ Finishing the project on time is of primary importance. ▪be of secondary importance formal (=be less important than another thing) ▪ Sometimes we forget that the media coverage of a sport is actually of secondary importance to the event itself. • • • THESAURUS ▪importance the quality of being important : ▪ the importance of cleanliness in preventing infections ▪ He may have been an evil tyrant, but you cannot deny his importance in world history. ▪significance the importance of an event, action etc, especially because of the effects or influence it will have in the future : ▪ The significance of the discovery was not understood until years later. ▪ 9/11 was an event of global significance. ▪value the importance and usefulness or something : ▪ The athletes talked to the students about the value of a college education. ▪ Such methods are of little value. ▪prominence the fact of being important and well-known : ▪ He first came to prominence (=became well-known )in the 1990s.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a matter of importance (=something important) ▪ He consulted her on all matters of importance. appreciate the significance/importance/value of sth ▪ He did not fully appreciate the significance of signing the contract. assume...importance ▪ These relationships assume great importance in times of crisis. be of central importance ▪ Loving care is of central importance to a child’s development. be of crucial importance ▪ Good leadership is of crucial importance in motivating staff. be of secondary importance/be a secondary consideration ▪ Cost is the important thing – any benefits for the user are a secondary consideration. emphasizes...importance ▪ The report emphasizes the importance of improving safety standards. exaggerate the importance/significance (of sth) ▪ Personally, I think society exaggerates the importance of marriage. in order of importance/priority/preference etc ▪ The country’s main exports were, in order of importance, coffee, sugar, and soya beans. incalculable importance/value/worth etc ▪ treasures of incalculable value increase in value/price/importance etc ▪ Investments are certain to increase in value. lessen the impact/effect/importance (of sth) ▪ The new project will lessen the effects of car pollution. of critical importance ▪ Foreign trade is of critical importance to the economy. of equal value/importance ▪ He is remembered for his novels, but his scientific work is of equal importance. of paramount importance ▪ Women’s role as mothers is of paramount importance to society. of particular interest/concern/importance etc ▪ Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation. of primary importance ▪ Personal safety is of primary importance. of prime importance ▪ Good management is of prime importance in business. play down the importance/seriousness/significance of sth ▪ The White House spokeswoman sought to play down the significance of the event. sth is of fundamental importance (=it is extremely important) ▪ It is of fundamental importance that justice should be seen to be done. sth is of vital importance ▪ Reading is of vital importance in language learning. strategic importance ▪ Marseilles was of great strategic importance. stress the importance of sth ▪ He has always stressed the importance of a stable family. symbolic importance/significance ▪ The capture of the city was of great symbolic importance. underestimate the importance/extent/effect/power etc of sth ▪ Never underestimate the power of the press. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE aware ▪ As a new father I am only too aware of the importance of expert guidance through the first months of parenthood. ▪ The miners, for their part, continued to be well aware of the importance of ventilation. ▪ In all countries, governments and businessmen have become aware of the importance of statistics. ▪ Historians of the region are fully aware of the importance of using social science techniques in their reconstruction of its past. ▪ She becomes aware of the importance of her body. ▪ As a doctor he had always been aware of the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. ▪ It was hoped that parents and staff would become more aware of the importance of sharing. ▪ Yet I am now more than ever aware of the importance of this venture. central ▪ The novel finding, of central importance here, comes from the behaviour shown by a third group of subjects. ▪ Of central importance are recent demographic shifts in the pool from which colleges must pick their first-year classes. ▪ Furthermore it seeks to highlight the central importance of localities and localism in Northern Ireland. ▪ However, the issues are of central importance and can be simplified to some extent. ▪ This transmissible lysis, later known as the Twort-d'Hérelle phenomenon, is of central importance to molecular biology. ▪ Since an inventory was not taken after Martin's death this document is of central importance. ▪ None the less, the central importance of interest rates is widely recognised. ▪ It is already clear, however, that the notion of acquired distinctiveness is of central importance in discussions of perceptual learning. considerable ▪ This problem is of considerable empirical importance when testing the no-arbitrage condition. ▪ For President Lincoln, the victory had considerable political importance. ▪ The attitude of employers to domestic responsibilities is of considerable importance and highly variable. ▪ In other words, young children's area of weakness coincides with an area of considerable educational importance. ▪ The distinction between them is of considerable importance. ▪ These anomalous properties of water may turn out to be of considerable importance in the preparation of homoeopathic remedies. ▪ There is no doubt that the owner of the horn must have been a person of considerable importance in his time. ▪ I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down. critical ▪ Estimating the future rate of energy growth is of critical importance for predicting future concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. ▪ The effect of these changes in world geopolitics and economics are of critical importance. ▪ At this stage the precise form of the household's relation to its property is of critical importance. ▪ Of critical importance is that the studio continues to attract gifted animators. ▪ This view is in complete contrast to those who maintain that environmental deterioration is widespread and of critical importance. ▪ And the objectives involved are of critical importance. ▪ A further problem arises from the fact that the experimental results of critical importance are far from clear-cut. ▪ Honda understands those cost-versus-value trade-offs, and the critical importance of the quality mindset. crucial ▪ The market is of crucial importance for efficiency, but the control of inflation is a separate problem. ▪ Or, does it encapsulate a mystery of crucial importance for the dying to contemplate? ▪ The distinction between names and descriptions remains thus of crucial importance. ▪ To say this is not in the least to underestimate the crucial and indispensable importance of such therapy in itself. ▪ Tax planning and accounting objectives are frequently of crucial importance in determining an appropriate form of consideration. ▪ Not many more offer Arabic, whose crucial importance is even more evident. ▪ It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin. ▪ A woman abandoned by her husband found her wage of new and crucial importance and looked to the union for support. economic ▪ Sports events are growing in economic importance, as Euro 96 proved, and are not fully reflected in these estimates. ▪ The graphite boom temporarily reduced the social and economic importance of subsistence agriculture in the Low Country. ▪ Nor was it seen as of such immediate economic or political importance as public health, education or unemployment. ▪ The chapter uses a national income accounting framework to estimate the economic importance of sport in the United Kingdom. ▪ Those that remained were engaged on tasks of economic importance. ▪ And what they all display, rather too baldly though highly effectively, is the simple economic importance of the Ocean. ▪ Another important indicator of the economic importance of sport, employment, is given in Table 2.4 in Chapter 2. equal ▪ Remember to pay ongoing attention to the intonation, and regard it as of equal importance to get right as the actual words. ▪ Of equal importance are the relative amounts of assimilation and accommodation that take place. ▪ Of equal importance are those social factors which come into play when the user or former user is back on the streets. ▪ He and Johnson, however, emphasized the equal importance of volunteers. ▪ Indeed, horticulture is of equal importance to the maintaining of the animal collection. ▪ Qualitative measurement of skill mix within departments is usually of equal importance. ▪ Of equal importance, the social side was satisfactory. ▪ We must remember also, however, that there is a vast amount of other information which has equal and greater importance. fundamental ▪ Stoichiometry is of fundamental importance in modern chemistry. ▪ Those and related questions are of fundamental importance. ▪ Here are three of fundamental importance. 1. ▪ Given consumer tastes, product prices are of fundamental importance in determining consumer expenditure patterns. ▪ The investigators believe that the answers to these questions are of fundamental importance for all of economics. ▪ Yet he must make a tentative judgment on inadequate evidence, for such a matter is of fundamental importance. ▪ Basil used to tease us about movement and chuckle at our claims for its fundamental importance in the education of young children. ▪ However, in two other respects, Waddington draws our attention to points which are of fundamental importance. great ▪ Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside. ▪ The early law attached great importance to the first test. ▪ The status and availability of the original speaker is therefore of great importance in deciding whether to publish the remark. ▪ The state governments, of whatever party, attach great importance to the expansion of their own mass media facilities. ▪ His collection of Turners was of greater and paramount importance. ▪ Another water course formerly of great importance in the Forest of Dean is the Cone Brook. growing ▪ Remuneration planning remains an activity of growing importance for search firms such as Tyzack, as companies agglomerate and national compensation characteristics clash. ▪ For example, account is taken of the growing importance of theoretical linguistics, for which Edinburgh University is particularly well-known. ▪ The latter argument is based partly on the growing importance to higher education of mature students and continuing education. ▪ The growing international importance of economic and particularly commercial forces now influenced diplomacy in a number of ways. ▪ A feature of growing importance in the software world is integration. ▪ An indicator of the growing importance of this totalizing view of education was contained in the 1841 rescript from Rome. ▪ At the same time the structure of corporate organization has changed with the growing importance of the multi-locational, often transnational company. ▪ These applications and others like them for the microprocessors have growing importance in the Third World. major ▪ Social themes are not of major importance in the first part of the exhibition. ▪ This turns out to be of major importance in dyslexia. ▪ Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market, although other areas of law have also had a bearing. ▪ The last point will be of major importance to significant parts of Estates and possibly other service areas. ▪ The clinical application of devices or materials which contact blood is of major importance in modern medicine. ▪ But from then until 1917 it became an issue of major importance. ▪ The Diet represented both central and local authorities, and was a gathering of major importance. ▪ Recent evidence suggests that phospholipids are of major importance in biliary pathophysiology. national ▪ More important to all of us, he has information of national importance. ▪ Although their tactics have taken on national importance, the garbage workers' issue is largely local. ▪ Off to the House side, where debate has started on the floor on some question or other of great national importance. ▪ Although the history of Scotmid is very much of local interest, the carriages they collected are of national importance. ▪ She was to apply for a job in a certain firm, with national importance. ▪ Ownership by the Trust is often the surest way of guaranteeing the preservation of beautiful places of national importance. ▪ The scheme is of strategic, national importance. paramount ▪ Clear air is nearly always of paramount importance. ▪ It is thoroughly Darwinian in its stress on the paramount importance of biotic interactions. ▪ Anybody who knows anything about football knows confidence is of paramount importance. ▪ At the hearts of these industrial towns the old marketing and retailing functions remained of paramount importance. ▪ The symptoms and signs are therefore of paramount importance in designing the treatment. ▪ His collection of Turners was of greater and paramount importance. ▪ Stopping the epidemic is of paramount importance. ▪ Again, it's of paramount importance to keep an overview so that you can gear each aspect towards achieving the objective. particular ▪ Bush's choice was of particular importance because of the Court's current delicate political balance. ▪ Chord changes were of particular importance, because they provided the raw material for each improvised solo. ▪ Tourism is also of particular importance in some regions and may dominate the local economy. ▪ Muriel was favoured by all three partners, but the comments of her present employer turned out to be of particular importance. ▪ They are therefore of particular importance during a missed approach and when flying in turbulence. ▪ The Yellowstone herd, which is directly descended from those last surviving bison, is of particular spiritual importance to those tribes. ▪ Of particular importance to worldwide navigation is the state of the world's insurance markets. ▪ Of particular importance to the family was the proximity of the synagogue itself, a mere few minutes walk through the park. practical ▪ A better understanding of the implications and consequences of economic and political development policies is of immediate practical importance. ▪ Science has long been of prime practical importance to civilization as a whole. ▪ It is a matter of practical importance that teachers can argue this case. ▪ Of more practical importance than estimates of global annual average temperature increase is that of resulting regional and seasonal changes. ▪ The debate had no practical importance, nor did it influence the direction and methods of further research. ▪ Inputs are thus of great practical importance, but they are only the means, not the ends, of competitive endeavour. ▪ The practical importance of this latter requirement among people who know they disagree about justice is evident. primary ▪ However, of primary importance is the portfolio presented at interview. ▪ In the case of lube oil production, an aspect of primary importance is catalyst selection. ▪ These personal considerations are of primary importance to the social worker and the manner of his work. ▪ Because prevention is of primary importance, early diagnosis is the goal. ▪ Poor delivery dates and servicing facilities are further factors to which empirical studies have attached major, even primary importance. ▪ Of primary importance were the clay pots, so much better suited as containers than the skins and baskets employed by hunters. ▪ Correct proportion is of primary importance, as long as size is within the Standard s range. ▪ Within the family it is usually the words and their literal meaning which take primary importance. prime ▪ The key to any understanding of the prime importance of the Soviet press is contained in Lenin's remarks on its function. ▪ Science has long been of prime practical importance to civilization as a whole. ▪ To no other group of soldiers functioning in this period was leadership a factor of such prime importance. ▪ These classic instances reveal above all the prime importance of communications. ▪ The marriage is still of prime importance. ▪ He thought compatibility and interests which could be shared and understood were of prime importance. ▪ But no one ever mentions two things which seem to me of prime importance in the whole relationship saga. ▪ Here, reliability of quality and delivery is of prime importance because the producer works on minimal stock-holding of raw materials. relative ▪ The motives influencing a particular individual may change from time to time, and their relative importance may also vary, depending on the situation. ▪ The position and height of the surge are determined by the relative importance of recent and older literature in different disciplines. ▪ Of what are you assessing the relative importance? 1. ▪ The classification exercise provides another arena for the conflicting points of view as to the relative importance of good people as opposed to good systems. ▪ Their relative importance varied according to context. ▪ The relative importance of these revenue sources can be seen in Fig. 12-1. ▪ Churches are full of such clues to their local importance and relative importance in their immediate region. ▪ The relative importance of habit and biological factors in such circumstances is hard to decide. secondary ▪ What children gain in terms of content is surely of secondary importance. ▪ The precise form in which the words in these languages are represented is a matter of quite secondary importance. ▪ As far as the effects of population change on the economy are concerned, however, the particular disease is of secondary importance. ▪ The vascular changes and muscle contraction then could be considered to be of secondary importance. ▪ Wisdom and experience are of secondary importance in our world; it is expertise that is valued. ▪ A feature of such organizations is that the means are all-important and the ends are of relatively secondary importance. ▪ But inter-county rivalry will be of secondary importance for the 23-year-old World Student Games bronze medallist. ▪ The patient quickly concludes that tablets are the real treatment and the diet of secondary importance. strategic ▪ Newark Castle was of strategic importance during the Civil War when it withheld three sieges by Parliamentarians. ▪ This bridge we're guarding is of great strategic importance. ▪ To this day the strategic importance of Stirling is obvious to anyone approaching from the south. ▪ After all, what strategic importance could an ordinary tutor hide in his ordinary office? ▪ Henley offers both organisations and individual managers the opportunity to carry out interdisciplinary research into issues of strategic importance. ▪ From a military point of view, the strategic importance of the Iberian Peninsula was evident simply from looking at a map. ▪ The scheme is of strategic, national importance. ▪ Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning. symbolic ▪ Now that it is, try thinking about what is happening in astronomical terms and you will instantly notice the symbolic importance. ▪ Riyadh, the modern capital, does not have this symbolic importance. ▪ There can be no doubt of the symbolic importance of prostitution to the Victorians. ▪ It was therefore of some symbolic importance, but it was badly flawed. ▪ The anti-investiture decree, however great its symbolic importance, did little to diminish the power of lay rulers over ecclesiastical appointments. ▪ Holidays had symbolic importance: then, as now, the more prestigious an educational establishment then the shorter its terms. ▪ But there is a symbolic importance of the prominence of Mr. Flynn in Fianna Fáil. ▪ I was in a numbered uniform of massive symbolic importance with nuances of style which clearly defined our social identity. utmost ▪ Professors Berry and Mott are right to stress that the support of the child and the family is of the utmost importance. ▪ How soon and how broadly will you communicate that the changes at hand are of the utmost importance? ▪ Yet finding out what happens in higher education is of utmost importance in understanding the patterns of gender inequality that exist. ▪ Tithing was of utmost importance, as was celebrating weeklong feasts in spring, summer and fall. ▪ It is of the utmost importance that we continually experiment with things such as venue, lighting, perfumes etc. ▪ It is of the utmost importance that it is the mind of the human operator doing the selecting. ▪ In particular in the sophisticated world of alchemy, the resonances of chemical and other truths were of the utmost importance. ▪ Brian was always keen to stress that the comfort and wellbeing of the birds was of the utmost importance. vital ▪ Computers at the centres hold information of vital importance to any private forecaster. ▪ But what seems Insignificant in our eyes is often of vital importance in the eyes of a child. ▪ Even equipped with all these preconditions, it is also of vital importance for him to have to hand a good telescope. ▪ It is an extremely arduous and difficult process, as befits something which is of such vital importance to us. ▪ It was of vital importance that she should not think of him. ▪ So now you know your real objective, and can appreciate the vital importance of this mission. ▪ To the environmentally concerned, however, the origin and extraction method for capturing an essence may be of vital importance. ▪ The function is of vital importance. VERB appreciate ▪ He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect. ▪ Personally, I appreciated the importance of being able to empathize with a newly widowed or soon-to-be-divorced client. ▪ Mr. Baker I appreciate the importance of the case and the public interest in it. ▪ So now you know your real objective, and can appreciate the vital importance of this mission. ▪ As a man with agricultural interests you will appreciate the importance of living in harmony with nature and of conserving the environment. ▪ I fully appreciate the importance of GEC-Ferranti as an employer in Edinburgh and Lothian. ▪ Again we can appreciate the importance of trying to see the task from the child's point of view. ▪ I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment. assume ▪ Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside. ▪ It meant that at the moment of its founding, Atchison assumed importance as the eastern terminus of the overland stagecoach lines. ▪ Privately financed and provided group medical plans are assuming greater importance. ▪ So it must be assumed that the importance of marginal increments of all production is low and declining. ▪ In future economic efficiency was likely to assume as much importance as the technical side. ▪ Financial management is now assuming greater importance. ▪ The trivial upsets of daily living assume importance but the big tragedies they take in their stride. attach ▪ Goebbels controlled the media and attached particular importance to cinema. ▪ Hindus attach great importance to food, and her presence where it was prepared defiled everything the community ate. ▪ He will attach great importance to face-to-face meetings and so will his constituents. ▪ The Government attaches great importance to the training of food handlers and the new Food Safety Act contains specific provisions on this. ▪ We attach profound importance to the fact that some industries advance. ▪ Humphrey calls the differentiation of the working class thesis technologically determinist because he says it attaches too much importance to technology. ▪ In our experience parents attach great importance to the approach and attitude of the medical and nursing staff. demonstrate ▪ This demonstrates the immense importance of the detector in the overall performance of the zoned system. ▪ The transition will demonstrate to individuals the importance and value of periodic re-direction in their lives. ▪ Report on the potential of a short video to demonstrate the importance of accuracy in collecting road accident information. ▪ The comparison of these few-country studies demonstrates the importance of case selection and unit of analysis for drawing inferences. ▪ We are seeing a great cultural change among those companies who are demonstrating the importance and benefits of total quality management. ▪ They demonstrated the importance of early socialisation for the development of social and mental skills in the individual. ▪ This demonstrates clearly the importance of the two leading companies in their fight for market share. ▪ Yet 1857 had also demonstrated the full strategic importance of railways and their role in maintaining future order. emphasize ▪ This is just one example of the many that could be quoted to emphasize the importance of shape in biological systems. ▪ Here, I want to emphasize the importance of daily connection to your kids. ▪ Dawson emphasized the importance of combining agricultural and urban for building a strong society. ▪ P., who emphasized the importance of the berakah in connection with his studies on the Didache. ▪ Both approaches, too, emphasize the importance of teacher assessment. ▪ Both are sons of prosperous professional fathers, who are devout and emphasized the importance of orthodox religion in the home. ▪ This emphasizes the importance of the cell's internal programme. ▪ The physician should emphasize the importance of immediate treatment, as soon as the person is aware that an attack is developing. grow ▪ The company obviously needed a new image to express their growing importance internationally. ▪ Prestige passed increasingly to the financial agencies, which grew in size and importance, overshadowing the judiciary. ▪ Sports events are growing in economic importance, as Euro 96 proved, and are not fully reflected in these estimates. ▪ But we must also take note of its growing importance in the advanced capitalist countries and the workers states. ▪ The parallel markets have grown in size and importance in recent years. ▪ Internal auditing is rapidly growing in importance. ▪ Lewes alone seems to have grown to any great importance in the pre-Conquest years. ▪ The growing importance of the service industry is especially apparent in a place like Miami. highlight ▪ Sacks etal highlighted the importance of prostatic disease as a preventable and treatable cause of renal failure. ▪ The part the Flemish towns played in the crisis of 1127-8 not only highlighted their importance, it also guaranteed their liberties. ▪ Colonel Spratt highlighted the importance of the qualification for people planning a career in marketing. ▪ The back highlights the importance of using caution and suggests how to use the card. ▪ Furthermore it seeks to highlight the central importance of localities and localism in Northern Ireland. ▪ This again serves to highlight the importance of the cut-off point in determining estimates of illness prevalence. ▪ Second, it highlighted the importance of active participation by elderly people themselves in all aspects of course planning. ▪ Such an incident highlights the importance of clarity and definition of language, both between professionals and with clients. increase ▪ From the point of view of capital the sector would have increased in importance by a half. ▪ Another argument in favour of the provinces is that the steady decentralisation of justice from London naturally increases the importance of the provincial Bar. ▪ Indeed as the public domain has become more impersonal and technical so the family has increased in importance. ▪ This increases the importance of competition as a structuring agent. 3. ▪ The 1970s and 1980s have been marked by an ever increasing realisation of the importance of home - school relationships. place ▪ Besides, a refusal would seem as if she placed too much importance on an accepted practice. ▪ But the current penchant for mixing styles has placed new importance on that special little table with an individual personality. ▪ Or by placing it third in importance of equipment? ▪ Co., said the measure places too much importance on whether buyers or sellers initiate transactions. ▪ Business courses place an importance on creative thought because it is new ideas which keep a business ahead of its competition. ▪ They place great importance on concrete feedback on how well they are doing. ▪ Resource-based learning has placed greater importance on learning how to learn and the handling of information. ▪ People who place great importance on the goals of autonomy, creativity and growth will have no difficulty in filling the paper. recognize ▪ No serious Marxist discussion of class has failed to recognize the importance of divisions within the working class. ▪ They also recognize the importance of national legislation aimed at eradicating torture. ▪ The other was that in defining individual teachers' roles, schools were asked to recognize the importance of job-satisfaction. ▪ The participating States recognize the importance of co-operation in a number of areas in the economic integration process. ▪ Increasingly since then archaeologists have recognized the importance of identifying and accurately recording associations between remains on sites. ▪ An effective coach is interested in people, recognizing their importance and potential. ▪ Both candidates are moderates who believe in market-driven reforms and recognize the importance of public security. show ▪ The study of sociology began to show the importance of the family and class and cultural factors in child development. ▪ This dimension of university life is only hinted at in our research; future research will almost certainly show its importance. ▪ What this study showed was the importance of activating the appropriate schemata. ▪ But that was enough to show the importance of the area as a Marine Nature Reserve. ▪ It has shown me the importance of true friendships. ▪ Recent findings have shown the importance of phospholipids in biliary pathophysiology. stress ▪ He stressed the importance of local people taking care of their belongings. ▪ All of them stressed the importance of doing it from day one. ▪ Since the intellectual establishment's aesthetic criteria stressed the importance of originality, their silence is hardly surprising. ▪ We have already stressed the importance of silent reading in the classroom. ▪ We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses. ▪ We stressed the importance of including carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals in every meal. ▪ Such an approach is in keeping with the guidelines for the original conference, which stressed the interpretative importance of indigenous concepts of self. underestimate ▪ Have I underestimated the importance of sustainability? ▪ Cultural studies also underestimate the importance of racism which is an incontestable fact in the lives of many black people. ▪ I had underestimated the importance placed on personal cleanliness and hygiene, and had been caught out on my underpants. ▪ You should not underestimate the importance of these rights when working out the value of your contract. ▪ Locus believes Microsoft has underestimated the importance of open networking in the marketplace. ▪ Don't underestimate the importance of captions either. underline ▪ That underlines the importance of the construction industry training board. ▪ We also underline the importance of an early entry into force and implementation of the Treaty on Open Skies. 13. ▪ This paper underlines the importance of maintaining a functional health care system even during times of political change and unrest. ▪ We underline the importance of human contacts in overcoming the legacy of old divisions. 15. ▪ It underlines the importance of accuracy. ▪ Fforde also establishes an important point by underlining the importance of land reform to late Victorian and Edwardian debates. ▪ But the inspectorate is prosecuting to underline the importance that it attaches to nuclear workers following proper procedures. ▪ The Hayward case underlines the importance of the way in which the story is presented to the public. understand ▪ Governments are coming to understand the importance of privatising quickly. ▪ Business Ethics Magazine is an excellent reporter on companies that understand the importance of respecting all workers. ▪ At a meeting with the catering management, they understood the importance of this and are taking steps to solve the problem. ▪ Wise companies understand the importance of a single, unified voice and work to make every correspondence consistent. ▪ Children love to feed the fish, but you must make sure they understand the importance of giving the right amount. ▪ Children who understand the importance of work tend to imitate their parents and become hard workers themselves. ▪ Community aspects of care must also be included, so that the learner understands the importance of both hospital and home. ▪ The people simply do not understand its importance. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES attach importance/significance etc to sth ▪ And, since he seems to attach importance to the language-game of giving orders and obeying them, let us begin there. ▪ Hence he attaches importance to spending more of the government's research cash in industry as opposed to within the government's own establishments. place value/importance/emphasis etc on sth ▪ A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring. ▪ In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow. ▪ It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment. ▪ Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors. the utmost importance/respect/care etc ▪ Brian was always keen to stress that the comfort and wellbeing of the birds was of the utmost importance. ▪ Everyone has the utmost respect for Rickey Henderson. ▪ How soon and how broadly will you communicate that the changes at hand are of the utmost importance? ▪ Hygiene and safety take priority on the sunbeds while personal supervision is regarded as of the utmost importance on the toning tables. ▪ In fact I have the utmost respect for it. ▪ In particular in the sophisticated world of alchemy, the resonances of chemical and other truths were of the utmost importance. ▪ It is of the utmost importance that it is the mind of the human operator doing the selecting. ▪ Professors Berry and Mott are right to stress that the support of the child and the family is of the utmost importance. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Explain the importance of the Monroe Doctrine in a 750-word essay. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He will have importance, though. ▪ Something we have known for many years is of deep importance in comprehending the world of the dying person. ▪ The importance attached to every other issue rose sharply when the campaign opened but the importance attached to defence hardly changed. ▪ The importance of these actions is that they legitimise intervention in other spheres, from trade to the environment. ▪ The distinction between them is of considerable importance. ▪ The effect of increasing affluence is to minimize the importance of economic goals. ▪ The several statements should be arranged in order of their importance.
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